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Hmm, good question. I haven’t seen anything on how raid / instance content fits into Tolkien’s works. TBH, I think the vast majority of it is embellishment by Turbine on areas where Tolkien didn’t spell things out in detail.

One good resource I have seen on how LOTRO fits within Tolkien’s works is the Beneath Your Feet series recently started by Shipwreck at the Casual Stroll To Mordor blog. The focus is more per zone than per instance. So far it’s covered Dol Goldur, East Rohan, and the Ettenmoors. Check it out:http://casualstrolltomordor.com/tag/beneath-your-feet/

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend," Faramir in TTT by JRRT.

Sorry, the raids and instances aren't lore-related.
In fact, most of them blatantly go against lore. (Brand dying at the ford for example, or the Moria/Mirkwood instances)

[I]In the sea without lees standeth the Bird of Hermes.
[/I][I]When all his feathers be from him gone, He standeth still here as a stone.
Here is now both white and red, And all so the stone to quicken the dead[/I][I].
The Bird of Hermes is my name, Eating my wings to make me tame.[/I]